confidence

confidence
con|fi|dence
W2S2 [ˈkɔnfıdəns US ˈka:n-] n
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1¦(feeling somebody/something is good)¦
2¦(belief in yourself)¦
3¦(feeling something is true)¦
4 gain/win/earn somebody's confidence
5¦(keep information secret)¦
6 take somebody into your confidence
7¦(a secret)¦
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1.) ¦(FEELING SOMEBODY/SOMETHING IS GOOD)¦[U]
the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good, work well, or produce good results
confidence in
▪ Our first priority is to maintain the customer's confidence in our product.
▪ The survey reveals a general lack of confidence in the police.
▪ She had complete confidence in the young nurse.
▪ Opinion polls show that voters have lost confidence in the administration.
▪ the school's campaign to win back the confidence of local parents
▪ The Bank immediately took action to restore confidence .
▪ These miscarriages of justice have undermined confidence in our legal system.
▪ Public confidence in the government is at an all-time low.
▪ Surveys indicate an improvement in business confidence .
2.) ¦(BELIEF IN YOURSELF)¦[U]
the belief that you have the ability to do things well or deal with situations successfully
confidence in
▪ Minton is an outstanding boxer, with tremendous confidence in his own ability.
▪ I didn't have any confidence in myself.
lack confidence/be lacking in confidence
▪ She's a good student, but she lacks confidence.
▪ Living on her own in a foreign country for a year gave her a lot of confidence .
confidence to do sth
▪ Good training will give a beginner the confidence to enjoy skiing.
gain (in)/lose confidence
▪ You do lose confidence when you spend years and years at home with children.
sb's confidence is growing/sb is growing in confidence
▪ I felt I was doing well and my confidence began to grow.
boost/increase etc sb's confidence
(=make someone feel more confident)
shake/damage etc sb's confidence
(=make someone feel less confident)
▪ Julie's confidence was badly shaken by her car accident.
with confidence
▪ Our goal is to prepare students to go into the business world with confidence.
3.) ¦(FEELING SOMETHING IS TRUE)¦[U]
the feeling that something is definite or true
say/speak/predict etc with confidence
▪ How can anyone say with confidence that the recession is over?
confidence in
▪ I have complete confidence in Mr Wright's analysis of the situation.
have confidence (that)
▪ I have every confidence that the job will be completed satisfactorily on time.
4.) gain/win/earn sb's confidence
if you gain someone's confidence, they begin to trust you
▪ After a discouraging start, the young priest had begun to win the confidence of the villagers.
5.) ¦(KEEP INFORMATION SECRET)¦[U]
if you tell someone something in confidence, you tell them something on the understanding that they will not tell anyone else
→↑confide in confidence
▪ I'll tell you about Moira - in confidence, of course.
in strict/the strictest confidence
▪ Any information given during the interview will be treated in the strictest confidence .
breach of confidence
(=when someone tells someone something that they were told in confidence)
▪ Lawyers are satisfied that no breach of confidence took place.
6.) take sb into your confidence
to tell someone your secrets or private or personal details about your life
▪ Elsa took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing.
7.) ¦(A SECRET)¦
a secret or a piece of information that is private or personal
share/exchange confidences
▪ They spent their evenings drinking wine and sharing confidences.
▪ I have never betrayed a confidence .
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
lack of confidence
have confidence in somebody/something
have every/complete/absolute confidence in somebody/something
lose (your) confidence in somebody/something
gain/win somebody's confidence
increase confidence (in somebody/something)
inspire confidence (in somebody/something) (=make people have confidence)
restore confidence (in somebody/something) (=bring back people's confidence)
destroy/shatter (somebody's) confidence (in somebody/something)
undermine (somebody's) confidence (in somebody/something) (=make someone have less confidence)
public confidence
business confidence (=when businesses think the economic situation is good)
consumer confidence (=when ordinary people think the economic situation is good)
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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